Hand #76: Chris Moore defended his big blind from a Bertrand Grospellier open in the cutoff. The board ran out as the two checked down to fifth street. Finally, Grospellier bet 1.1 million. That was enough to win the pot without showdown.
Hand #77: Haralabos Voulgaris shoved all in for 5.5 million or so, and the blinds folded.
Hand #78: Moore raised to 950,000 from the button. He won the pot.
Hand #79: Martin Jacobson moved all in from the button. It was 5,075,000. Grospellier called in the big blind.
Jacobson:
Grospellier:
The flop came , giving Jacobson aces up and a big lead. He only needed to fade a queen, and the and kept him best.
Had #62: Martin Jacobson put in a raise to what looked like 950,000 and won the pot.
Hand #63: Dario Sammartino raised to 900,000 and took it down.
Hand #64: Jacobson raised to 950,000 first to act. Doug Polk moved all in from the button. He had Jacobson covered for what looked to be about 8 million effective. Jacobson tanked about a minute and mucked.
Hand #65: Bertrand Grospellier raised to 850,000 second to act. Polk thought about 30 seconds and then put in 2,250,000. Grospellier called.
The flop came . Grospellier checked. Polk checked back. The arrived, pairing the board on the turn. Both players checked again and a completed the board. Grospellier turned over but it was no match for .
Hand #66: Chris Moore opened on the button and won the pot.
Hand #67 Sammartino completed the blind and Grospellier checked. The board was when Sammartino check-called what looked like 550,000. The river: . After unclear river action, the dealer pushed the pot to Sammartino, who had shown down .
Hand #56: Haralabos Voulgaris raised all in from under the gun and received no action.
Hand #57: Bertrand Grospellier raised from the button and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #58: Martin Jacobson raised under the gun to 950,000 and Chris Moore called from the big blind.
The flop fell and Moore checked to Jacobson who continued for 650,000. Moore called to see the turn which both players checked. The river completed the board and Moore bet 1,200,000. Jacobson mulled it over briefly before he folded.
Hand #59: Doug Polk raised all in from the cutoff for roughly 6,000,000 and took down the pot.
Hand #60: Dario Sammartino received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #61: Doug Polk raised from under the gun, Chris Moore called from the cutoff, and Bertrand Grospellier called from the big blind
The flop fell and Grospellier checked to Polk who bet 1,125,000. Moore called, Grospellier folded, and the turn was the . Polk checked, Moore bet 900,000, Polk check-raised all in for 4,575,000, and Moore tanked for about three minutes before he folded.
Hand #48: Doug Polk moved all in for 3 million from middle position and nobody called him.
Hand #49: Chris Moore raised to 700,000 in the cutoff. Bertrand Grospellier defended his big blind.
Grospellier checked the flop. He called a bet of 600,000 and the turn was a . Grospellier bet out 1,225,000. Moore called. The river was a and Grospellier slowed down with a check. Moore got aggressive again with 2,800,000 and Grospellier folded without delay.
Hand #50: Dario Sammartino raised to 650,000 on the button. Polk defended his big blind and the flop came . Polk checked and Sammartino checked it back. The turn prompted Polk to move all in. It looked to be about 2.9 million and Sammartino thought briefly and folded.
Hand #51: Moore opened for 700,000 first to act and Polk shoved all in from the small blind. It was about 4.5 million and Moore folded in short order.
Hand #52: Polk shoved all in from the button and he won the pot again.
Hand #53: Grospellier raised to 625,000 second to act and Jacobson defended his big blind.
They checked down as hit the felt and Jacobson won the pot with .
Hand #54: Grospellier opened for 625,000 for the second-straight hand and Sammartino defended his big blind from "ElkY" as he did on another recent rotation. This time, Sammartino check-folded the flop.
Hand #55: Sammartino completed the blind after all of the players acting out of the blinds mucked, and Grospellier raised to 1 million. Sammartino mucked.
Hand #43: Jacobson shoved all in from the cutoff. Big blind Kempe asked for a count. It was 4,430,000. Kempe thought a bit and then called with . Jacobson held , so the race was on.
The flop kept the fives best. The kept it that way but meant a seven would now sink the Swede. The river brought forth an , giving Jacobson the pot. The two players had the exact same chip counts, so Jacobson eliminated Kempe.
Hand #37: Dario Sammartino called the blind from late position and Doug Polk checked. The flop came and Polk checked. Sammartino bet 300,000 and Polk called. Polk checked the and Sammartino checked back. On the river, Polk checked and Sammartino bet 500,000.
Polk thought about a minute and said something to Sammartino before he released.
Hand #38: Rainer Kempe moved all in from the button. That got two folds from the blinds.
Hand #39: Sammartino raised to 650,000. Everyone behind him folded.
Hand #40: Polk raised from the cutoff to 650,000 and nobody wanted to play.
Hand #41: Bertrand Grospellier opened to 650,000 first to act. Sammartino defended the big blind.
The flop came and Sammartino checked. Grospellier bet 750,000. Sammartino called to see the . Both players checked. A arrived on the river. Both checked again and Sammartino lost the showdown with against .
Hand #42: Martin Jacobson raised preflop and won the pot from the button.
Hand #36: Dario Sammartino raised to about 700,000 from the cutoff, Andrew Robl reraised all in for about 4,150,000 from the big blind, and Sammartino called.
Sammartino:
Robl:
The board came down , which was no help to Robl, ending his tournament in eighth place.
as the two checked down to fifth street. Finally, Grospellier bet 1.1 million. That was enough to win the pot without showdown.
, giving Jacobson aces up and a big lead. He only needed to fade a queen, and the 
and 
kept him best.
and Sammartino checked to Grospellier who bet 1,100,000. After a few moments, Sammartino folded.
completed the board. Grospellier turned over 
.
when Sammartino check-called what looked like 550,000. The river: 
and Moore checked to Jacobson who continued for 650,000. Moore called to see the 
turn which both players checked. The 
and Grospellier checked to Polk who bet 1,125,000. Moore called, Grospellier folded, and the turn was the 
. Polk checked, Moore bet 900,000, Polk check-raised all in for 4,575,000, and Moore tanked for about three minutes before he folded.
flop. He called a bet of 600,000 and the turn was a 
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flop.
and Polk check-folded to a bet from Grospellier.
, giving Moore aces and tens to double through Polk.
, so the race was on.
flop kept the fives best. The 
kept it that way but meant a seven would now sink the Swede. The river brought forth an 
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